What do you guys think of the Cruiserweights?

[El Gamo]

I used to think and actually debated with one of the best posters here(Amat) about the lack of quality in the cruiserweight division a year or 2 ago. How wrong was I?! This division is looking pretty dam good. What do you guys think of it>?

[Lance Uppercut]

I used to think and actually debated with one of the best posters here(Amat) about the lack of quality in the cruiserweight division a year or 2 ago. How wrong was I?! This division is looking pretty dam good. What do you guys think of it>?

I assume you just read Dan Rafaels newest blog. Before reading it a couple of minutes ago, I had never really thought of how good the crusierweight devision had really become.

[OumaFan]

i've liked them for a while, lot of good fights there the last few years.

[ICB]

I used to think and actually debated with one of the best posters here(Amat) about the lack of quality in the cruiserweight division a year or 2 ago. How wrong was I?! This division is looking pretty dam good. What do you guys think of it>?

I actually think the Cruiserweight division is doing great, in the 90s it was considered one of the weakest divisions. In fact it hadn't been an interesting division since Holyfield ruled the division in the 80s. It picked up when Toney and Jirov battled in that terrific fight, then it went in a slump again. But now it has really picked up in the last 2 years, we have seen some great fights like the two Mormeck vs Bell fights and Haye vs Mormeck, now we are seeing Enzo vs Haye who are the two biggest bangers of there division by far, and it has FOTY written all over it, overall its a great division at the moment but i think it might lose some of its appeal when Hayes moves to Heavyweight.

[Bomp]

It's definitely quality at the moment, though some guys still use iot as stepping stone. Get entertaining fights there even if the fighters aren't genuine contenders since thery're powerful but with much less of the hugfests we get at heavyweight.

[RozzySean]

You can make a case that it's a more exciting division right now than LHW. There is a quality unified champ taking on a real top challenger (Haye v Enzo), and a handful quality fighters who have taken up long term residence in the division (Bell, Mormeck, Cunningham) to go along with a good former LHW champ who has moved up (Adamek).

And there's always the Ding-a-Ling man. He's always good for nice FnF event.

[Violent Demise]

The Cruiserweight division has been pretty good for a couple of years already

[CutMeMick]

I think the divisions been OK, it could certainly be doing better that's for sure.
Really looking forward to what Adamek can do there.

[hattonation]

The problem with Cruiserweight is that whenever a guy is top in it they want to move up to heavyweight. Alot more prestige and money up a little in weigh

[eagle]

The guy im most excited about at CW is Herbie Hide. The guy has amazing power, altho a glass jaw. I think against men his own size rather than giant heavyweights he could be a force. I see him getting near the top of the division.

[RozzySean]

The problem with Cruiserweight is that whenever a guy is top in it they want to move up to heavyweight. Alot more prestige and money up a little in weigh

Still true in some cases, but some guys just fill out and it's the natural move. That's what will happen with Haye. But with the HW division becoming a place where 240+ lbs is pretty normal, and the weight limit raised to 200lb, more and more decent fighters are sticking around CW. When Cruiser was 194 and 220 was the norm for heavyweights, guys couldn't really resist the temptation to move up. Now a fighter better think long and hard about whether or not he wants to bang with guys 40+ lbs more, giving up huge reach. Even 220lb guys like Povetkin and Chambers have become 'tweeners.

[Violent Demise]

I think the divisions been OK, it could certainly be doing better that's for sure.
Really looking forward to what Adamek can do there.

I never been much of a Adamek fan. If he fights Bell, I think he'll get laid out

[ICB]

I never been much of a Adamek fan. If he fights Bell, I think he'll get laid out

I quite like Adamek i find him very exciting i loved his two fights with Paul Briggs, i do agree though he is limited and i think Bell will comeback in style and do a good job on Adamek, i don't think Adamek's power will bother Bell much either.

[eagle]

Should RJJ go for a title at CW before he retires? That'd be a title in 5 divisions......

[bikersk]

I like the cruiser weight division. The heavy weight division is boring most of the time. They guys are huge and most don't move very well and it makes for boring fights IMO. The cruisers are able to hit hard and move ok too, well some of them. For mr it just has a good combination when good fighters are fighting at that weight. And yes I like the guys there at the moment too.